Word: medians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because the median of the advanced class is usually a B-plus/ A-minus while the median of the other section is a C, students have complained about intense grade competition...
...Congress holds the lid on itself, no one else gets a raise. The main argument against pay increases, say their opponents, is that federal workers earning $50,000 to $60,000 a year are better able to cope with inflation than the typical U.S. family of four, whose median income is about $22,000. The Supreme Court last month ruled that the freeze did not apply to Justices' salaries, thereby giving themselves and all other federal judges 13% raises. But the ruling did not extend to the Executive or Legislative branches...
...median forecast of the board members is a modest growth in the economy of about 1.3% during 1981, including a decline of about .3% between January and June. They foresee the economy recovering at a growth rate of slightly less than 3% during the second half of next year...
...living than elsewhere in the country. "The newcomers end up with more house, on a larger lot, with more amenities, and still have money left over," says Tucson Developer Peter Herer. The median price of a home there is $65,000, only two-thirds the price in California's Santa Clara Valley. Wages also tend to be lower-an electrical technician in San Jose, Calif., makes an average of $9.77 an hour; his non-union colleague in Colorado Springs makes $7.84-but there are many other compensations. As Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk told TIME Correspondent Michael Moritz: "Refugees from...
...Angels and similar roughriding biker types ten years ago, had a couple of random hit singles, endured several massive changes of personnel and finished out the '70s as one of the flushest, smoothest groups in pop rock. The Doobies, in fact, define as well as anyone that median straight down the middle of the road where pop meets rock and the bucks are made...